Seasons

by Anna Dillon

Early-twentieth-century Dublin and the conflict of the 1916 Easter Rising provide the backdrop for the story of a young English girl sent to Ireland to serve as a maid in the household of an English army officer

587 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Clare O'Beara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This tells of a girl in Dublin who progresses from a brief career as a brothel girl to run her own brothel. This is at the start of the twentieth century so it mentions Monto a notorious slum district and the theft of the Irish crown jewels in 1913, before moving on to the Easter rising in 1916.

The author Michael Scott used his wife's name to pen several books as he thought they would sell better to women. He began with children's fantasy and added adult fantasy before writing the Seasons trilogy and a book about a woman who wins the Irish lottery.

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting story about a young English serving girl who becomes madam at Dublin's most successful brothel during the time of the Dublin Easter Uprising.